Lettering apparatus.



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LBTTERING APPARATUS.

ENTED-JUNE2,1908.

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PATENT. OFFCEJ- CHARLES R. kRUEGeRAND nENRY'cnAn'L-Es EVELYN, L'or NEW YORK, N. Y.

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l 1ra-'senese Y '-To all mail) concern: Be it known, that We, CHARLES R. lKiwi:-

GER and HENitr 'CHARLES 4EvnLYN, both citif zens of gthe United States, and residents're-- 10 tus, of which the following is a specicatlon,

` This .'inventionrelat es to an 1m roved letsteri-'ng 4. apara t1 1s more particular y designed for provi ingdoors, windows or other articl e" .With inscript1ons,. ina ready and simple lomannerf.

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a'fro'n't view of our im rovedletterin ratus, showingit attached-to a door; ig. 2 a vertical section on line 2 2, Fig. v1 Fig. 3 a 2-0 'rear view, partly brokenk away, of the car- `riage; 4 a detail rear view of the paint supplying device; Fig. 5 an end vie'w thereof; Fig. 6 a cross section on line 6 6',` Fig. 3, and Fig` 7 a section on line 77, Fig. 1'.

portin a type-wheel 11- and providedwith a to ro er 12 and a pair of bottom rollers 13.

ag'es a groove in 'an upper transverse rail 15. ails 14 and 15 are connected by': upright S braces 16, the Whole constituting a'framev for `supporting carriage This supporting ame mayv besecured to thedoor, window, 3B etc., to be lettered, any suitable manner. The drawingtshows up er rail 15 provided with a pair of upright Shanks 17-having lon'- gitudinal'slots 18. Through the latter pass a air of screws 19 secured to the Shanks 20 of 40 oks 21, engaging theup er edge. of a door By the means descrl `ed,vthe. support.-

ing frame may be adjusted to the door in an suitable hei ht. If desired, oneof the ra` i f a cam Wheel' 25 loosely-mounted upon espindle 26 of carriage 1D.` Type-Whse llis'pro-y vided with aserieso perforations 27 aroranged on a circle :at''a funform distance apart. Within-perforation 27ers slidably mounted plungers 28, ."saidgplungers bein prevented from ro'tatf@ bygafgo'ove an eathe'r 'connectionjr'fot y'ver suitable means.

` Speccationof Letters Paten Application sied september 7, 1907.v serial N6. ee1,s2'5.`

lthe width of such' ty es. 'the characters of me ium width, such as N, O, P, L, etc., are of medium height.

teeth 33 opposite the wide character, such as he numeral 10 indicates a carriage-sup-` by the recessed'end'of'a screw 46 tap' e 'By'diusting Straws 10, and provi e adapted to engage a correspondingly-sha ed Patented June 2, 1908.

At its rear end each plunger 28 carries a type 55 29 While its front end is provided with a disk .or push button30, a spring 31 being inter? posed between said disk and Wheel 11. Types 29 comprise'letters, numbers and punctuation marks, soy that any desired 60 name, number, etc., may Lbe rinted by the apparatus, in manner herein ter described.

' eans are provided forautomatically vs o 4spacing` the letters, that a uniform clearance 1s maintained between the letters,l irrespec- 65 tive ofthe-Width of suchletters. For this purpose cam Wheel 25,l hereinabove referred to, 1s provided with a series of lripheral tapering teeth, the number of whic is equal to the number of types 29. These'teeth be- 70 l ing placed diametrically opposite `the types 29, are of different height corresponding to The teeth 32 'for The 75 M, W, are of greaterhei ht,-while the teeth 34v opposite the' narrow c aracters, such asI, Letc., are of less'height than tee't 32.

' Cam 25 is en a ed by the upper end of a' 8 0 plunger 35.gui ed in bearings 36,37, and

f eld 1n engagement with the cam by a'spring 38. To the ower end of plunger 35l is pivoted at 39 a link 40 which is, in turn, pivoted to a ost 41, ad'ustably mounted on a toothed 85 W eel 4:2. Tli

43 of carria e 10, and is rovided with a ycurved Siot 44 t 'at-rec'eivest e reduced stem e latter is loosely mounted on a of post 41. The disen agement of post 41 from slot 44is prevents p a head v45 onthe 90 front end of suchf'stem'.. ad 45. is engaged into 'ferently set for a "purpose hereinafter de- 95 alug 47 pivotally l l' loth'ed Wheel'42 meshes into a pinion 48 14, 15, may e providedwith a' level 23,-to in-y 45 sure-a truehorizontalposition ofthe frame.

Type-Wheelllis, by screws 24,-secured to secured .toja toothed wheel 49 loosely turnin ona pin 50 ofcarriage 10. Toothed Whee rntsection cispmdle 52 is slidably-mountatter meshes into a lon 'tudinal 'rack 60 ad ing connected by a groove and feather connection; At its frontend spindle 52 is provided with a push button 58, which is -nore mally ressed outward by a sprin 59 interosed etween button 58 and whee 57 The justably mounted upon ower rail 14. Rack 60 is received within corresponding guides 61` of rail 14, one of which is provided with an upright arm 62. Into the latter is tapped an adjusting screw 63 engaging rack 60.

The rim of type-'wheel '11l is provided with peripheral notches 64 o posite the centers of types 29, and with additional notches op yosite the centers between such types. NotcBes 64 are adapted to be engaged by a detent 65 movable in bearing 37 and engaged by a spring 66.

In use, the frame is brought into the'desired position with relation to the door, etc., to be lettered, by pro erly adjusting the shanks of'hooks 21 Airtel' the place for the A first letter, or the begimiino of the inscrip- 1), until said first letter, say L, (Figs. 1 and` tion, has been ascertained, W ieel 11 is turned by hand in the direction of the arrow, (Fig.

3) arrives at the topmost position, i. e., until it becomes alined with the vertical axis of carriage 10. The letter is now printed by pressing, its button 30 inwards. After 'the imprint has been'- made, button 30 is released and spring 31 will return p lunger 28 into its original position. Type-wheel 11 is now again rotated in the directionoic the arrow, until the next letter, to be printed, arrives at the p osition marked by index 67. In this position, detent 65 engages 'one of the notches 64 arranged intermediate two adjoining types and plunger 35 has entered a recess between two teeth of cam 25. AButton k58 is now depressed, against the action of spring 59 to couple toothed wheel 57 to pinion 51. While maintaining button 58 in its depressed position, the rotation of wheel l1 is continued until the detent 65 has entered thdsucceeding notch, i. e-.,\ until the letter to be rinted has become'alined with the -verticali axis of the carriage. Durin the lastnamed movement of Wheel 11, p unger 35,

, while riding along one of the teeth of cam 25,

l 49, 51, to wheel 57.

proper distance from the letter became depressed, which movement was imparted by link l40,\and ear wheels 42 48, The atter, by engagmg fixed rack 60, effected a lateral movement of carriage l0 and type-wheel 11. In this' way the carriage, by turning type-wheel 1 1, has been automatically 'shifted to such an extent that the letter now alined with the vertical axis of carriage 10 will be printed at the lprinted. By providing teeth o ,dierent ei ht on cam 25 for letters of different Wi th, as above described, it will be seen that for a wide character, such as M, and W, a

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graged by the gear whee re'viously comparatively large lateral shift is imparted to carriage. 10 and type-wheel 11, while for a narrow character, such as I, l, a comparatively small lateral movement of carriage 10 and ty e-wheel 11, takes plac. In case two wide c iaracters are to be printed in succession, an additional lateral-movement is imparted to carriage 10, by slightly rotating adjusting screw 63 and thereby laterally displacing rack and carriage 10.

' The device for providing the types with the paint desired, may be of any suitable construction, the drawing -showing a roller 68 engaging the types and receiving the `paint from a receptacle 69, by rmeans of a roller 70. Means are also provided for securing type-wheelsY of dierent size to cam 2 5, so that characters of different size maybe Yprinted by the same apparatus.

If it is desired to use a large type-wheel, bearing 37 is correspondingly lowered by loosening screws 71 that hold the bearing in position and retype-wheelll. l The ters may also be read y changed by adjusting screw 63, to accordingly varythe pbsition of ost 41 in relationf'to Wheel 42.

It willbe seen that by our improved letter apparatus, the characters 'are automatical y so spacedand printed, that the same distance 1s provided for between the letters ofthe imprint. I

1. In a lettering a paratus, a frame, a carriage movable in t e frame, a type-wheel journaled in the carriage, a type carried by the type-wheel, a cam secured to the typea plunger engaging the cam, a gearwheel operable bythe an means on the ustin'g the rack, substantially as lplun er, a rack ename for ad] specified.

2. In a lettering a paratus, a frame, a car.

riage movable in t e Jframe, `a type-wheel journaled in the carriage, types or' different widths carried by the type-wheel, a cam sef cured thereto and having teeth of`dierent heights, and ymeans controlled by said teeth -for laterally shifting the carriage according to the widths of the types, substantially as specified.

3. In alettering apparatus, a frame, a carriage inovablewin Y the frame, a: type-Wheel journaled in the carriage, types carried by the type-wheel, a cam secured thereto', a plunger engaging the cam, a gear wheel, a post adjustably mounted on the gear wheel and operatively connected to the lunger, and means controlled by the gear wieel for laterally shifting the carriage, substantially as specied.

4. In a lettering a paratus, a frame, a carriage movable in tie frame, a type-wheel journaled in the carriage, a cam secured to the type-wheel, a spring-influenced plunger` engaging the cam, a gear Wheel, a Ipost ad'- hattan cunty and State of NeW York, this justably'secured to the gear whee, a'link "sixth day of September, 1907.

connecting the plunger to the: post, ay rack CHARLES R. KRUEGER.. operatively connected to the gear Wheel, and HENRY CHARLES EVELYN.

5 means` on the frame for adjusting the rack, VVitness'es:`

substantiallyv as speced. ARTHUR E. ZUMPE,

Signed by us, at New. Yrk city,"(Man PAUL P. REID. 

